Human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMC

Abstract Transfusion of donor-derived red blood cells (RBC) depends on donor availability. Alloimmunization can limit the availability of transfusion units, particularly for chronically transfused patients. In vitro cultured, customizable RBC (cRBC) would negate these concerns and provide infinite R...

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Main Authors: Marie-José A. G. Claessen, Nurcan Yagci, Gerard van Mierlo, Marie José Kersten, Marieke von Lindern, Emile van den Akker
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81341-x
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author Marie-José A. G. Claessen
Nurcan Yagci
Gerard van Mierlo
Marie José Kersten
Marieke von Lindern
Emile van den Akker
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description Abstract Transfusion of donor-derived red blood cells (RBC) depends on donor availability. Alloimmunization can limit the availability of transfusion units, particularly for chronically transfused patients. In vitro cultured, customizable RBC (cRBC) would negate these concerns and provide infinite RBC products. Previously, we developed a defined medium based on good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements. To optimize medium conditions with regards to reproducibility and cost effectiveness, we tested the requirement for plasma during the differentiation phase and the replacement of HSA by polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) during the expansion and differentiation phase. We show that 5% plasma is essential to enhance cell count, enucleation% and mostly stability of cRBC during the differentiation phase. During the expansion phase HSA could be replaced by PVA without compromising the expansion capacity. Substitution of HSA by PVA even increased the number of cells at the end of the expansion phase. During the differentiation phase PVA could also replace HSA, but only in the presence of plasma. Plasma is still essential to achieve an optimum yield of enucleated cRBC, likely by stabilizing enucleated cRBC. Substitution of HSA by PVA is a new advancement in the development of a, defined, cost-effective culture medium to culture cRBC for all.
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spelling doaj-art-51d5bb2ca034406f9ab1af6ef3a0f9712025-08-20T02:11:41ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222025-04-0115111410.1038/s41598-024-81341-xHuman serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMCMarie-José A. G. Claessen0Nurcan Yagci1Gerard van Mierlo2Marie José Kersten3Marieke von Lindern4Emile van den Akker5Department Research, Sanquin Blood SupplyDepartment Research, Sanquin Blood SupplyDepartment Research, Sanquin Blood SupplyDepartment of Hematology, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of AmsterdamDepartment Research, Sanquin Blood SupplyDepartment Research, Sanquin Blood SupplyAbstract Transfusion of donor-derived red blood cells (RBC) depends on donor availability. Alloimmunization can limit the availability of transfusion units, particularly for chronically transfused patients. In vitro cultured, customizable RBC (cRBC) would negate these concerns and provide infinite RBC products. Previously, we developed a defined medium based on good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements. To optimize medium conditions with regards to reproducibility and cost effectiveness, we tested the requirement for plasma during the differentiation phase and the replacement of HSA by polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) during the expansion and differentiation phase. We show that 5% plasma is essential to enhance cell count, enucleation% and mostly stability of cRBC during the differentiation phase. During the expansion phase HSA could be replaced by PVA without compromising the expansion capacity. Substitution of HSA by PVA even increased the number of cells at the end of the expansion phase. During the differentiation phase PVA could also replace HSA, but only in the presence of plasma. Plasma is still essential to achieve an optimum yield of enucleated cRBC, likely by stabilizing enucleated cRBC. Substitution of HSA by PVA is a new advancement in the development of a, defined, cost-effective culture medium to culture cRBC for all.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81341-xcRBC—cultured red blood cellsExpansionDifferentiationPlasmaPVA—polyvinyl alcoholHAS—human serum albumin
spellingShingle Marie-José A. G. Claessen
Nurcan Yagci
Gerard van Mierlo
Marie José Kersten
Marieke von Lindern
Emile van den Akker
Human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMC
Scientific Reports
cRBC—cultured red blood cells
Expansion
Differentiation
Plasma
PVA—polyvinyl alcohol
HAS—human serum albumin
title Human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMC
title_full Human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMC
title_fullStr Human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMC
title_full_unstemmed Human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMC
title_short Human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from PBMC
title_sort human serum albumin or polyvinyl alcohol can only partially replace human plasma during in vitro red cell production from pbmc
topic cRBC—cultured red blood cells
Expansion
Differentiation
Plasma
PVA—polyvinyl alcohol
HAS—human serum albumin
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81341-x
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